2 Aug: Gerbrandy and Van Heuven Goedhart sign the documents for the establishment of the College of Trusted Men [nl] (Dutch: College van Vertrouwensmannen)[1]
24 Aug: First meeting of the College of Trusted Men[1]
25 Aug: J.A. van Bijnen becomes the National Sabotage Commander of the Knokploegen [nl][1] (Knokploegen were Dutch resistance fighting squads)
28 Aug: First new airdrop of weapons and sabotage materials for Dutch underground groups[1]
30 Aug: Hitler orders the improvement and extension of the Siegfried Line[1]
11 Sep: Schöngarth, Commander of the Security Police and SD, issues the so-called Niedermachungsbefehl[1] (orders to shoot resistance members on sight )
12 Sep: Major General Kruis issues a First General Directive with guidelines for the arrest of 'wrongful' elements[1]
The British Airborne forces have to abandon the Rhine bridge at Arnhem[1]
21 Sep: Beginning of the German destruction of the port facilities of Rotterdam and Amsterdam[1]
22 Sep: Major van Houten grants arrest authority to the Interior Armed Forces Shock Troops[1]
24 Sep: The queen, bypassing the ministers, sends a telegram requesting the Great Advisory Commission of Illegality to be prepared to send a delegation to her[1]
25 Sep:
The Airborne forces leave the 'perimeter' at Oosterbeek in the night to the 26th
6 Oct: The Canadian First Army launches a major offensive against the Germans in West Zeelandic Flanders.[1]
10 Oct: The first company of the Shock Troops departs for the front.[1]
16 Oct: Montgomery grants absolute priority to operations for clearing the Wester-Schelde. In Eindhoven, the 'Bond Nederland' is founded (soon renamed 'Gemeenschap Oud-Illegale Werkers Nederland').[1]
18 Oct: Second General Directive from General Kruis.[1]
24 Oct: Start of the Canadian attack on the Kreekrak Dam.[1]
25 Oct: Commencement of the liberation of Den Bosch.[1]
2 Dec: The Wehrmacht floods a large part of the Betuwe.[1]
3 Dec: In Middle Limburg, the Wehrmacht is pushed east of the Meuse.[1]
6 Dec: Meeting of Kruis in Eindhoven with top figures of the resistance in the liberated South to establish guidelines for the arrest of 'wrongful' elements.[1]
21 Dec: The bishops of Den Bosch and Breda call on Catholics to remain loyal to their own organizations.[1]
c. 31 Dec: Incorrectly believing itself to have great influence in the liberated southern Netherlands,[3] the Communist Party of the Netherlands rebrands as the "Communistische Partij Bevrijd Gebied" (Communist Party Liberated Area).[1]
Births
2 January – Willy Dobbe, television presenter and announcer
23 January – Rutger Hauer, actor, writer and environmentalist (d. 2019)